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Part of Speech: Noun
Results: 29
Part of Speech: noun
18.
The uppermost,
foremost,
or most important part of an inanimate object; such a
part as may be considered
to resemble the head
of an animal;
often,
also,
the larger, thicker,
or heavier
part or extremity,
in distinction from the smaller
or thinner part,
or from the point or edge;
as,
the head
of a
cane, a
nail, a spear,
an ax, a
mast, a
sail, a
ship;
that which covers
and closes
the top or the end of a
hollow vessel;
as,
the head
of a
cask or a steam
boiler.
19.
The source,
fountain, spring,
or beginning,
as of a stream
or river;
as,
the head
of the Nile;
hence,
the altitude of the source,
or the height of the surface,
as of water,
above a
given place,
as above an orifice at which it issues,
and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion;
sometimes also,
the quantity in reserve;
as, a
mill or reservoir has a
good head
of water,
or ten feet head;
also,
that part of a
gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.
Part of Speech: verb
Part of Speech: verb transitive
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